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Richie Hartman
Reunion info! Brandon High School Classmates--
Thanks to those who have already replied with interest in the reunion! We will get a reunion e-invitation platform set up soon and will be in touch.
If you're interested but have not replied, please do so at rich@petitt.com. There is no financial commitment required at this point. We are just trying to get an idea of the size of the group so that we can secure an adequate block of rooms.
Please share this post! The bigger the group, the better.
Below is my original post with the details:
To all those interested in attending a Brandon High School Class of 1984 Reunion next year! We have been in communication with the Tradewinds Islands Resort on St. Pete Beach. Tradewinds can host a reunion for us October 24 through 27, 2024 (which is a Thursday to Sunday)! We have had reunions at Tradewinds in the past, and folks seemed to enjoy the venue. Late October should be a terrific time to visit the beach.
The resort is able to offer us a block of rooms at the following discounted rates:
Standard Room – $279/nt
Resort View Hotel Room – $319/nt
Gulf View Hotel Room – $339/nt
Resort View Villa - $439/nt
Gulf View Villa - $479/nt
You can view the different types of rooms at https://www.tradewindsresort.com/island.../accommodations
Our group rate includes the following:
· $55 nightly resort fee
· Self-parking – 1 parking spot per room
· Unlimited rides on the High Tide Slide, Surf WipeOut, Waterway Paddleboats, and the Zing Ray Zipline
· A Cushioned Beach Cabana for two, per room
· Use of two state-of-the-art fitness centers
· Day play for mini golf and beach volleyball
· Touch Tank Experience
· Nightly Campfire S’Mores
· Tennis Courts
· NEW Pickleball Courts
· Beach games
· Guest room Wi-Fi
· Pool towels
· In Room Coffee/Tea
Although we have not planned the reunion events at this point, the current thinking is to have meet-up parties at local bars/venues on Thursday and Friday nights, with a semi-formal event on Saturday night with dinner, band, dancing, class photo, etc.
Our first task is to secure a room block. To do that, we need to solicit advance interest from you, so that we know how many rooms to block. Blocking rooms requires a commitment (deposit). We want to be careful not to over-book or under-book.
As indicated in prior posts, BHS friends from other classes are welcome to attend.
If you are interested in our proposed reunion at Tradewinds on October 24-27, 2024, we ask that you do two things:
1. E-mail rich@petitt.com to indicate your interest and tell us how many rooms you anticipate booking, along with your complete contact information (physical address, cell number, and e-mail address). We will create a spreadsheet of attendees.
2. Share this post with BHS friends that you want to have at the reunion. We have very large class. The key to making this reunion a success is to get the word out to our friends.
After we tally the number of persons interested, we will communicate with Tradewinds about the room block and let you know how to pay your share of the required deposit.
Finally, in the next month or so, we will select a platform other than Facebook to manage comunications about the reunion.
We look forward to a great reunion!
Richie Petitt & Todd Oliver
All see above and please let me know interest and I'll email Richie P...
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